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FINE FIELD FOR INAUGURAL HANDICAP Splendid Material Available for Douglas Parks Opening Day Stake Feature FeatureLouisville Louisville Ivy September 18 Weights will be announced on Friday by Racing Secretary 1 B Cimpliell for the Douglas Park Inaugural Handicap of 2000 added with which the local fall racing season will be ushered in on Monday next Secre ¬ tary Campbell expects the field for this mile and onesixteenth race to come from sucli eligibles as King Gorin Lucky B Tumbler Bribed Voter Handier Colonel Vennie Freeciitter Fruit Cake Huford Opportunity and Viva America With the weights carefully adjusted the material available for this race foreshadows a contest of exceptional pos ¬ sibilities aud one in keeping with the best tradi ¬ tions of the race raceIt It is likely that the Whitney castoff Tumb ¬ ler will start in this race Tumbler the fouryear old son of All Gold and Flip Flap was purchased it Saratoga last month by Mose Goldblatt Because Mr Goldblatt trains a big string of horses for Jef ¬ ferson Livingston it was assumed that the purchase was made for the Livingston account but it trans ¬ pires that the gelding was purchased to race in the colors of Mrs Goldblatt Tumbler ran some high class races as a twoyearold but has since failed lo race up to the expectations of James Howe the noted trainer of th Whitney stable by whom he was finally disposed of because his casq was re ¬ garded as hopeless Upon many an occasion in the last two years Tumbler sadly disappointed trainer Howe and others connected with the Whitney stable Goldblatt who has hail some success with horses of tliis description iu his long career as a trainer acquired the gelding at a price which he considered Jow enough to warrant the investment and will try his hand at getting the handsome but erratic son of All Gold into winning form Tumbler is a won ¬ derfully well bred horse his sire being a son of the noted English stallion Persimmon and his dam a great race niare herself likewise coming from a dis ¬ tinguished family of thoroughbreds thoroughbredsCharles Charles Nolle who fills the dual role of track superintendent both at Latonia and Douglas Park IIIR arrived from Covington to put tin finishing touches on the Douglas Park track in preparation for Mondays opening The recent rains have proved highly beneficial to the lawns shrubbery and flower Inrds at Douglas Park and it is the unanimous opinion of visitors to the course that this beautiful plant and its magnificent approaches never pre ¬ sented a more attractive appearance than just now in all the glory of an autumn development that is well nigh perfection Some of the canna and salvia beds which are among the features of the floral embellishment are especially gorgeous It is diffi ut to imagine a more effective setting for high class racing than the beautiful home of the Douglas Iark Jockey Club presents just at this Unie
